2025 Honda Pilot service brakes problems
30 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the service brakes on the 2025 Honda Pilot — 15% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“The automatic breaking sensor put on my brakes at random times. It happens when going over a small rise in the road and also happened on a 2 Lane road when a semi truck was coming the opposite direction totally within its lane and the sensor for some reason thought maybe the vehicle was in my lane…”
filed Aug 20, 2026
“my vehicle since the first week verhicle stops for no reason comes into a sudden dangerous stop the vehicle in the highway turn off and vehicle take off on its own 0 to 40 miles on its own”
filed Aug 14, 2026
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Related recalls
- Brake pedal pivot pin was not secured properly, which can cause the pedal to shift out of…Campaign 25V391000 · Jun 12, 2025
Service Brakes problems in other Pilot years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 Pilot | 1 | 5% |
| 2024 Pilot | 12 | 11% |
| 2023 Pilot | 16 | 12% |
| 2022 Pilot | 17 | 11% |
| 2021 Pilot | 24 | 6% |
| 2020 Pilot | 24 | 5% |
| 2019 Pilot | 42 | 5% |
| 2018 Pilot | 10 | 2% |
| 2017 Pilot | 26 | 3% |
| 2016 Pilot | 29 | 2% |
| 2015 Pilot | 12 | 11% |
| 2014 Pilot | 7 | 6% |
Other reported problem areas on the 2025 Honda Pilot
Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.